Quick reads and short news updates
IG Group is reportedly making a billion-dollar bet on Underdog, signalling a serious push into prediction markets. The move links two familiar names i...
MGM Resorts posted record second-quarter revenue, with Las Vegas and its wider portfolio helping drive the result. At the same time, an $18bn takeover...
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has enacted Law of Conversion No. 8/2026, expanding funding sources for the Federal Police Fund to includ...
IG Group has agreed a $1.1bn deal to acquire US sports platform Underdog, marking the first purchase of a US prediction company by a British business ...
Moving from affiliate to operator can unlock more revenue, but it also brings a sharp rise in operational responsibility. Beyond launch day, the real ...
PoggiPlay has unveiled Buffalo Duels in collaboration with ZM apps, pairing a familiar buffalo theme with expanding Wilds, multiplier duels, boosters ...
Blask’s June 2026 BAP rankings show how brand power is shifting across Brazil, India, Argentina, Turkey and the UAE 📊 Betano leads in Brazil (28.16%) ...
DELULU Gaming’s titles are now available to operators via SoftGamings, one of the sector’s major content aggregators 🎰🤝. The move expands DELULU’s dis...
Minecraft-inspired crash and instant games are becoming a clear iGaming trend, with titles from Pixmove Games, InOut Games and Paperclip Gaming now ci...
Artificial intelligence is no longer a future concept for gaming. It is already being used across operations, content and decision-making, while raisi...
PAGCOR says first-half 2026 revenue fell 26.6% to Php43.3bn (US$705m), with weaker online gaming performance driving the decline. 📉 The result highlig...
The CFTC has told prediction markets to stop bulk self-certifying standard contract templates. Operators such as Kalshi and Polymarket will now need t...
Nevada gaming and Las Vegas tourism were broadly flat in June, closing the fiscal year with only a slight Gross Gaming Revenue gain on the Strip, acco...
Brazil’s Federal Government is preparing at least two new resolutions for the regulated betting market, including rules to implement a customer suppor...
Flutter’s Malachy Rooney says trading rooms are adapting as richer data transforms stats betting and player props, while AI helps operators price more...
Wagers of up to $10 made up 74% of betting transactions in Brazil in Q2, according to a Paag study reported by iGaming Business. 📊 That points to a ma...
Brazil’s President Lula da Silva says he is “no friend” of gambling, and tighter curbs on online casino play are now in focus. Yet operators are still...
Brazil’s regulated betting market recorded 15,186,243 unique CPF numbers in Q1 2026, with operator GGR reaching BRL7.6bn ($1.5bn). Men accounted for 6...
SOFTSWISS has migrated its casino platform infrastructure to Oracle Kubernetes Engine, with some casinos already running on the new setup and wider ph...
MGM China posted HK$8.63 billion (US$1.10 billion) in Q2 2026 revenue, down 0.5% year-on-year and 1.7% versus Q1, showing broadly stable top-line trad...
